PLP welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into factors which may impede individuals from using the UK’s human rights framework effectively. Our submission addresses the question of access to resources and in particular the impact of LASPO on the ability of individuals to access the courts as
This guide is intended to assist legal aid providers in determining the cases where it might be appropriate to apply for ECF for family proceedings, and to assist providers in making successful applications for ECF. Most private family law proceedings were removed from the scope of legal aid by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment
Ahead of the Second Reading of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in the House of Lords, PLP has prepared a short briefing paper for Peers highlighting three key issues with the Bill. PLP takes no position on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Our work around the EU (Withdrawal) Bill is intended to
The underlying principle is that a public authority’s objective should not be to win the case at all costs, but to assist the court in its role of ensuring the lawfulness of the decision under challenge, with a view to upholding the rule of law and improving standards in public administration. It must therefore fairly
It is often said that justice must not only be done, but be seen to be done. Given the sheer number of cases going through the courts, their physical inaccessibility to the vast majority of people, and the complex material relied on in the majority of cases, for justice to be seen to be done
This paper of regulatory case summaries accompanied the seminar 2017 which was an update on the application of judicial review principles to the regulators across a range of commercial sectors, and focuses on recent cases and also particular trends. Download paper
This paper looks at the latest case law on the use that can be made of Parliamentary materials in litigation. Download paper
The number and diversity of public law cases is now such that a review of the year can only hope to cover a small sample of these. The selection of cases we look at (from September 2016 to August 2017) necessarily reflects our personal choices, and no doubt, there are many others that could have
This judicial review in the Administrative Court concerns the unlawful removal of the Claimant AT following the unlawful refusal by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) to accept his article 8 further submissions as a fresh claim. The SSHD’s decision was procedurally unfair because AT was detained and unrepresented and the SSHD
The opening address to the PLP annual Judicial Review Trends and Forecasts conference on October 17, 2017. Lord Neuberger’s extraordinarily rich talk enters the topic via The Handmaid’s Tale, and proceeds to take in everything from executive power to judicial diversity and public legal education. Do stay for the Q and A at the end!
“Exit day” is a hugely important term in the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. It determines how long Ministers can exercise their delegated powers for and it sets the date when a snapshot of EU law is taken and retained in domestic law. This is a very short briefing for MPs setting out why “Exit day’ is
Leaving the EU need not – and should not – result in ordinary people in the UK losing existing rights. Yet if this Bill were to pass un-amended, that would be the inevitable result. That is why Liberty, Amnesty International UK, the Public Law Project and JUSTICE have come together to urge MPs to support